Comments on: Opening and closing the Gates http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/01/opening_and_closing_the_gates.html black looks Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:06:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Black Looks http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/01/opening_and_closing_the_gates.html#comment-89218 Black Looks Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:57:58 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/01/opening_and_closing_the_gates.html#comment-89218 [...] been of the shackdweller movement in Durban, Cape Town, Johannesburg and the rural areas. Enter the Gates Foundation with a $10million handout to help the South African government put an end to the shackdwellers [...] […] been of the shackdweller movement in Durban, Cape Town, Johannesburg and the rural areas. Enter the Gates Foundation with a $10million handout to help the South African government put an end to the shackdwellers […]

]]> By: Black Looks http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/01/opening_and_closing_the_gates.html#comment-6687 Black Looks Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:04:11 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/01/opening_and_closing_the_gates.html#comment-6687 [...] other “philanthropreneurs”. Share This: Posted by Sokari | Permalink | RSS Feed | TechnoLinks| [...] […] other “philanthropreneurs”. Share This: Posted by Sokari | Permalink | RSS Feed | TechnoLinks| […]

]]> By: Sokari http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/01/opening_and_closing_the_gates.html#comment-6661 Sokari Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:00:15 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/01/opening_and_closing_the_gates.html#comment-6661 You say you are not an apologist for the foundation or companies mentioned - I disagree. You say "we cannot place to great a social burden on philanthropic foundations" Why not and why is social responsibility seen as a "burden". The Gates Foundation has choices and it has chosen to be socially irresponsible in too many of its investments. The Gates Foundation is huge - it has the opportunity and the means to launch a campaign to end social irresponsibility in the Niger Delta for example and elsewhere - if it chooses to do so. Those of us who believe another world is possible must begin to challenge the Gates Foundation and others like it. You say you are not an apologist for the foundation or companies mentioned - I disagree. You say “we cannot place to great a social burden on philanthropic foundations” Why not and why is social responsibility seen as a “burden”. The Gates Foundation has choices and it has chosen to be socially irresponsible in too many of its investments. The Gates Foundation is huge - it has the opportunity and the means to launch a campaign to end social irresponsibility in the Niger Delta for example and elsewhere - if it chooses to do so. Those of us who believe another world is possible must begin to challenge the Gates Foundation and others like it.

]]> By: Akin http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/01/opening_and_closing_the_gates.html#comment-6658 Akin Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:05:18 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/01/opening_and_closing_the_gates.html#comment-6658 I read this blog with interest, however, I have posted a substantial comment in response to your blog in my blog. <a href="http://akin.blog-city.com/standinginthegatesforprobity.htm" rel="nofollow">Standing in the Gates for probity</a> I could not find a trackback link from your page. Regards, Akin I read this blog with interest, however, I have posted a substantial comment in response to your blog in my blog.

Standing in the Gates for probity

I could not find a trackback link from your page.

Regards,

Akin

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Nigeria: double standard in international aid http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/01/opening_and_closing_the_gates.html#comment-6622 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Nigeria: double standard in international aid Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:13:11 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/01/opening_and_closing_the_gates.html#comment-6622 [...] Black Looks writes about The Gates Foundation’s double standard in Nigeria, “One group of children who are benefiting from the immunization (measles and polio) programme are those living in the Niger Delta. While the Gates foundation is busy giving away huge sums of money to “good causes” like the immunization programme, the foundation is also benefiting from the returns on investments in Shell, Chevron and the other oil companies operating in the region.” Ndesanjo Macha [...] […] Black Looks writes about The Gates Foundation’s double standard in Nigeria, “One group of children who are benefiting from the immunization (measles and polio) programme are those living in the Niger Delta. While the Gates foundation is busy giving away huge sums of money to “good causes” like the immunization programme, the foundation is also benefiting from the returns on investments in Shell, Chevron and the other oil companies operating in the region.” Ndesanjo Macha […]

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